Month: January 2021

6:44 PM ET New Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes said he believes quarterback Matthew Stafford is a “great player” who has a lot of the intangible traits he likes to see out of all of his players. Holmes, though, made no definitive declaration on the future of Stafford, who has two years left on
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4:47 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — An MRI revealed no serious structural damage to the knee of Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown, a source told ESPN on Tuesday. He is considered “day to day” as the Bucs prepare to face the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game this week, Tom Brady’s
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2:46 PM ET Sarah Thomas will next month become the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl, the NFL announced Tuesday. Thomas will serve as a down judge on referee Carl Cheffers’ crew at Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida. Thomas joined the NFL in 2015 as its first female on-field official. The league assembles
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3:35 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol, and it’s too early to say that he definitely will play in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Mahomes cleared certain steps Monday, “some big steps,” sources told Schefter, but the reigning Super
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4:32 PM ET As part of a staff overhaul on defense, Michigan is hiring Dallas Cowboys defensive backs coach Maurice Linguist to be the Wolverines’ co-defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Linguist, a longtime college assistant before joining the Cowboys for the 2020 season, will assist new defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald, hired from the Baltimore Ravens
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2:46 PM ET Northwestern is hiring Las Vegas Raiders defensive backs coach Jim O’Neil as defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. O’Neil, the former defensive coordinator for both the San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns, will replace Mike Hankwitz, who retired after 51 years as a college coach, the past 13 at Northwestern. The 42-year-old O’Neil
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3:56 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban has targeted former Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills head coach Doug Marrone to be the Crimson Tide’s new offensive line coach, and hopes to finalize a deal with Marrone soon, sources told ESPN. Marrone is set to join former Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien, who replaced Steve
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6:30 AM ET Conor McGregor laid on the mat of the UFC Octagon looking toward the ceiling, his hands clasped behind his head. It was March 5, 2016, and McGregor’s chest was heaving with deep breath after deep breath. The mixed martial arts superstar had just suffered his first UFC loss, a second-round submission defeat
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